Jupiter - Voyager 2

Color enhanced image of Jupiter's equatorial region

This image of Jupiter's equatorial zone is highly color enhanced to bring out details
in the atmosphere. It was produced from 3 images taken on 28 June 1979 from a distance
of just over 10 million km. In the upper part of the image is a brown "barge", a long-lived
atmospheric feature which may represent a "hole" in the upper cloud layers. Across
the middle of the photograph is Jupiter's equatorial zone, made up of white and bluish
wispy clouds. The smallest features resolvable in this image are about 190 km across.
The frame is roughly 80,000 km across and north is at about 11:30.
(Voyager 2, P-21731)
Larger size: 220 K jpg